Posted 10 September 2019 - 09:46 AM

With a squad that had henry, olave, dax and cahill... he should of added more. Arguably the most talented line up in MLS and he only won the supporters shield during his time here.

Winning multiple competitions is as much about depth as it is about the four best guys on your roster, probably moreso. Whether you blame Petke or Red Bull for the lack of depth during his tenure is up for debate. We all know it wasn't a Red Bull priority until 2015, but from what I've read here from people who know more than me, Petke had a pretty bad reputation for working with young talent too.

Posted 10 September 2019 - 09:54 AM

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Winning multiple competitions is as much about depth as it is about the four best guys on your roster, probably moreso. Whether you blame Petke or Red Bull for the lack of depth during his tenure is up for debate. We all know it wasn't a Red Bull priority until 2015, but from what I've read here from people who know more than me, Petke had a pretty bad reputation for working with young talent too.

I've never heard that, but if true, the same was said about Backe, and pre-USL squad, we had no young talent to work with.

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Posted 10 September 2019 - 10:34 AM

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Petke had a pretty bad reputation for working with young talent too.

Really? Outside of a super young and raw Amando Moreno and his agent (who barely saw any minutes in Mexico, then played with our USL team when he came back and has done very little for Chicago), I don't know of anyone who said this.

In fact, he played Chris Duvall at right back so much as a rookie, his asst coaches advised shutting him down for the rest of the season.

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Posted 10 September 2019 - 10:50 AM

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Really? Outside of a super young and raw Amando Moreno and his agent (who barely saw any minutes in Mexico, then played with our USL team when he came back and has done very little for Chicago), I don't know of anyone who said this.

In fact, he played Chris Duvall at right back so much as a rookie, his asst coaches advised shutting him down for the rest of the season.

Posted 10 September 2019 - 01:56 PM

would've been advantageous to us had we mirrored LA and started up the USL team a yr earlier.

imo, I just don't think Petke trusted young players. they prob didn't have the mentality he wanted, which is why he'd play Armando more than Miazga. and how could the young guys develop w/o the reserve squad.

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Posted 10 September 2019 - 03:08 PM

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Winning multiple competitions is as much about depth as it is about the four best guys on your roster, probably moreso. Whether you blame Petke or Red Bull for the lack of depth during his tenure is up for debate. We all know it wasn't a Red Bull priority until 2015, but from what I've read here from people who know more than me, Petke had a pretty bad reputation for working with young talent too.

Posted 10 September 2019 - 04:10 PM

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would've been advantageous to us had we mirrored LA and started up the USL team a yr earlier.

imo, I just don't think Petke trusted young players. they prob didn't have the mentality he wanted, which is why he'd play Armando more than Miazga. and how could the young guys develop w/o the reserve squad.

IIRC, in Mikes last season, Miazga was sent off with a red card and then basically never saw the pitch again. And, Duvall had a horrendous match at LAG(?) and more or less rode pine the rest of the season.

He did give two young guys a lot of minutes, but shut them down when they messed up, IIRC.